Target pin for shuffleboard



Nov. 9, 1954 J. N. BOUR 2,693,960

TARGET PIN FOR SHUFFLEBOARD Filed Oct. 30, 1952 I I John MBour 10 X/INVENTOR ATTORNEYS United States Patent TARGET PIN FOR SHUFFLEBOARD JohnN. Bour, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application October 30, 1952, Serial No.317,719

1 Claim. (Cl. 273-127) This invention relates to a game apparatus, theprimary object of the invention being to convert the usual gameapparatus in the form of a shufiieboard, into a game apparatus wherebythe principles of the conventt,ional horseshoe game may be carried outon the shuflieoard.

An important object of the invention is to provide means which may bereadily and easily applied to a shufiieboard, to provide the usual pinsor stakes used in the game of pitching horseshoes, to a shuflieboard, insuch a way that the pins or stakes will not damage the smooth surface ofthe usual shuflleboard or game surface.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combination of parts, hereinafter more fully describedand pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may bemade in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing fromthe spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figlre 1 is a plan view of a quoit which is horseshoe shape Fig. 2 is anend elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a shufiieboard with the pinsor stakes positioned thereon, in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the cue used in directing game pieces tothe target pin.

Referring to the drawing in detail, a conventional shuflleboardconstruction is indicated by the reference character 5, the shufiieboardbeing of the type wherein the game pieces are slid over the surface ofthe shuttleboard by means of a long-handled cue.

The pin or stake forming the subject matter of the present invention, isindicated generally by the reference character 6, and embodies rods orpipe sections 7 threaded in the ends of the coupling 8, which couplingis so constructed that the rods or pipe sections 7 extend at acuteangles with respect to the side edges of the playing surface bracing thedevice against the impact of a game piece or quoit striking the pin, tobe hereinafter more fully described.

At the ends of the rods or pipe sections 7 are vertical pipes 9connected to the pipes 7 by means of elbows 10, the vertical pipes 9being of lengths to fit into sockets 11 which are embedded in the groundsurface adjacent to the side edges of the shuffleboard 5 at points nearthe ends of the shuffleboard, as clearly shown by Fig. 3 of the drawing.

The reference character 12 indicates the pin or stake which is connectedto the coupling 8 with its lower end terminating adjacent to the surfaceof the shuflieboard, there being provided the rubber cushioning memberor foot 13 secured to the lower end of said pin or stake, to cushion themovements of the pin should the pin be struck by a quoit, in playing thegame.

It will, of couse, be understood that in playing the game there will beone of these pins 12 and supports at each end of the shufileboard orplaying surface.

The 'quoits used in playing the game are horse-shoe shaped and areindicated by the reference character 14, and are slid over theshuifieboard by means of a cue, such as indicated by Fig. 4, the cuehaving a head 15 which is adapted to slide over the shufi'leboardsurface with the curved front edge 16 of the head fitted against thecurved edge 17 of the quoit.

While I have shown and described the device for use in converting anoutdoor shufileboard, into a shuflieboard for playing a game using the.rules of horse-shoe pitching, it is to be understood that by placingconventional suction cups on the lower ends of the pipes 9, the pins orstakes used in playing the game may be supported for use in indoorshufileboards.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed 1s:

In a game apparatus including a horizontal game surface, a game pinsupport comprising a pair of horizontal laterally extended supportingpipes, a vertical game pin, said pipes converging towards said game pinand being connected to said pin, a cushioning foot member secured on thelower end of said game pin and extending upwardly throughout a portionof the length of said game pin, vertical socket members positioned inthe ground surface adjacent to the side edges of the game surface, anddownwardly extended pipes connected to said supporting pipes at theirouter ends, positioned in said socket members supporting said pipes inupright positions.

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